addslashes part II

[Destramic]

im having trouble with this addslashes wrapper....basically if i addslashes to a string/array all commas will have a slash infront of it. So when i call the variable after running it through the function it should have a slash if needed. but when variable is called it has no slash...you can only see the slash when using print_r();

it will work this way...but i should have to do it like that?[code]$b = add_slashes($b);[/code]

can anyone help please? (here is the script below..)

[code]
<?php

function add_slashes($value)
{
// Check if string exists
if (is_string($value))
{
return addslashes($value);
}
elseif (is_array($value))
{
return array_map('add_slashes', $value);
}
}

$a = array(0,"This's an string's","This's an string's",array("This's an string's",array("This's an string's","This's an string's")),"This's an string's","This's an string's");
print_r( add_slashes($a));
$b = "This's an string's";
print_r( add_slashes($b));

// If i was to echo $b it would echo This's an string's without slashes? why
echo $b;

?>
[/code]

thank you destramic

[dcro2]

I'm not sure you understand what addslashes() does...

[quote]Returns a string with backslashes before characters that need to be quoted in database queries etc. These characters are single quote ('), double quote ("), backslash (\) and NUL (the NULL byte).[/quote]

Or maybe I don't understand what you're doing with commas.

[Destramic]

im just having problems getting the result with addedslashes without using print_r();
as you can see if you run script and echo $b

[corbin]

[code]
Array ( [0] => [1] => This\'s an string\'s [2] => This\'s an string\'s [3] => Array ( [0] => This\'s an string\'s [1] => Array ( [0] => This\'s an string\'s [1] => This\'s an string\'s ) ) [4] => This\'s an string\'s [5] => This\'s an string\'s ) This\'s an string\'sThis's an string's
[/code]
That is what it puts out for me...

The reason $b is echoing This's a string's is because b is not updated...  You would need to call $b = add_slashes($b);

[Destramic]

ok thanks for that :D

destramic